• Antique Japanese seated Buddha in bronze with surviving historic gilding, front view
  • Antique Japanese Seated Buddha – Gilt Bronze, ca. 1900 – three-quarter front view
  • Antique Japanese Seated Buddha – Gilt Bronze, ca. 1900 – left-side view
  • Antique Japanese Seated Buddha – Gilt Bronze, ca. 1900 – left three-quarter rear view
  • Antique Japanese Seated Buddha – Gilt Bronze, ca. 1900 – rear view
  • Antique Japanese Seated Buddha – Gilt Bronze, ca. 1900 – right three-quarter rear view
  • Dhyana mudra of the antique Japanese seated Buddha
  • Antique Japanese Seated Buddha – Gilt Bronze, ca. 1900 – opposite three-quarter front view
  • Antique Japanese Seated Buddha – Gilt Bronze, ca. 1900 – close view of the upper section
  • Antique Japanese Seated Buddha – Gilt Bronze, ca. 1900 – close view of the central details
  • Antique Japanese Seated Buddha – Gilt Bronze, ca. 1900 – close view of the lower section
  • Antique Japanese Seated Buddha – Gilt Bronze, ca. 1900 – underside and base view
  • Antique Japanese Seated Buddha – Gilt Bronze, ca. 1900 – surface and patina detail
  • Antique Japanese Seated Buddha – Gilt Bronze, ca. 1900 – casting and construction detail
  • Antique Japanese seated Buddha in bronze, collector view 15
  • Antique Japanese Seated Buddha – Gilt Bronze, ca. 1900 – profile and silhouette detail
  • Antique Japanese Seated Buddha – Gilt Bronze, ca. 1900 – reverse surface detail
  • Antique Japanese Seated Buddha – Gilt Bronze, ca. 1900 – edge and contour detail
  • Microscopic study of surviving historic gilding on the antique Japanese bronze Buddha
  • Microscopic detail of historic gilding integrated with the aged bronze surface
  • Macro study of surviving gilding remnants on the Japanese Buddha, ca. 1900
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Antique Japanese Seated Buddha – Gilt Bronze, ca. 1900

€5.785,00 EUR
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Object Details

Catalogue Note

Japan | ca. 1900, late Meiji period | Bronze with surviving gilding | H 56 × W 51 cm | 19.4 kg

This large Japanese seated Buddha dates to around 1900 and combines substantial cast-bronze construction with a calm, restrained sculptural presence. At 56 cm high and 19.4 kg, it was made on a scale suitable for a serious devotional or temple setting.

The hands rest together in the lap in dhyana mudra, the gesture of meditation. Because this mudra appears with more than one Buddha in Japanese iconography, the sculpture is deliberately catalogued here as a seated Buddha rather than assigned to Shakyamuni or Amida without stronger identifying evidence.

Historic gilded surface

Small areas of gold-toned surface remain in protected recesses and among the deeper modelling. Under magnification these residues appear integrated with the aged bronze surface rather than sitting as a uniform recent coating. The surviving evidence indicates that the sculpture historically carried a gilded finish, much of which has been lost through time and handling.

Japanese bronze construction

The interior retains an old mineral casting core and internal structural elements associated with hollow bronze manufacture. The exterior shows the much more refined chasing and finishing expected of a completed devotional sculpture. Microscopic documentation records gilding residues, oxidation and tool-finished surfaces.

Key details

  • Subject: Seated Buddha
  • Origin: Japan
  • Date: ca. 1900, late Meiji period
  • Material: Bronze
  • Surface: Patina with surviving historic gilding
  • Mudra: Dhyana
  • Dimensions: H 56 × W 51 cm
  • Weight: 19.4 kg

Condition

The bronze shows extensive loss of the gilded surface, natural patination, abrasion and age-related wear. These changes are integral to the sculpture's appearance and have not been cosmetically masked. The photographs include close and microscopic views of the surviving surface.